A History of Farmington Baptist Church
Farmington, Kentucky

      The town of Farmington Kentucky was first settled in 1837 and named after its fertile farmland. At first the settlement was very small, but in the years after the Civil War, it began to grow. In 1870 a Post Office was opened in 1879 the Farmington Institute (college) was started.

      For many years there was no church of any type in Farmington. The first church started in Farmington was a small Union (non-denominational) church in 1875. It closed in 1892. A Southern Methodist church was also started in 1896, (it closed in the 1930's) followed by a church of Christ congregation in 1904.

      Yet the Baptists in Farmington felt that they needed a distinctive Baptist witness in their own community. So, on November 6, 1883, sixteen members were granted letters from neighboring Bethany Baptist Church for the purpose of organizing a Missionary Baptist Church in Farmington. The first pastor was Asa Cox, a noted Baptist minister from Henry County, Tennessee. The church was later a charter member of the newly formed Graves County Baptist Association in 1893.

      For several years the members of Farmington Baptist Church met in a small red store type building. In 1910, in its place a large white wood frame building was erected. This building was remodeled in 1952, but burned in 1958. A new red brick house of worship was built in 1959 and used until 2011. The current sanctuary was completed in 2012.

      Farmington Baptist Church has had 24 different pastors. Many of these men such as T. B. Rouse, J. E. Skinner, L. V. Henson, J. W. Nelson, J. J. Gough, Harry Yates, and Curtis Rice have been leading pastors in west Kentucky. Ben Stratton has served as pastor of the church since 2008. The church has come a long way from those first sixteen charter members. Yet she continues to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and stand for the faith and practice of the New Testament.

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From the church bulletin October 19, 2025. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]

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